Charges have been filed in the shooting death of a Houston man on Saturday afternoon.

Jeremiah James Pipkins, 17, has been charged with manslaughter in the 177th State District Court in connection with the death of Chazz Jenkins, 18.

The incident occurred in the 12800 block of Gotham in southeast Houston near I-45. Four men, including Pipkins and the victim, were sitting in a parked car when a gun went off, fatally wounding the victim, officials said.

"A back passenger pulled out a pistol, unloading it and was showing it to the others in the car," Houston Police Department spokesman Victor Senties said Sunday. "It gets passed around and is returned to the original male. He's in the process of reloading it when it went off and struck the victim in the back."

It is not known why the four men were parked in the area with the handgun. According to court documents, the men were smoking marijuana at the time of the shooting.

Pipkins and another man in the back seat fled the scene on foot, taking the gun with them, according to police. Police said the driver stayed and called for help, but the 18-year-old man in the front passenger seat was declared dead at the scene by emergency crews.

Pipkins and the other passenger were later located by Houston police and taken into custody. Pipkins admitted to his involvement in the shooting and the weapon was recovered, police said.